Speaking of Spider-man, the 600th issue is one of those rare single issues that took me an entire Simpsons episode and a half to get through. It's a pretty meaty book, in a Jessica Simpson at the country fair sort of way.
As expected, it's a jam issue by Spider-man's braintrust: Slott, Waid, Guggenheim, Kelly, and even ol' man Lee for that dose of formaldehyde.
Slott, who I assume is the leader of the writing pool (which makes him the fat, unattractive equivalent of Liz Lemon) penned the main story: THE WEDDING OF AUNT MAY AND J.JONAH SENIOR. Yes, that means pages and pages of Peter Parker's biddy old aunt fussing like Monica from Friends. Surprisingly entertaining, it's but a set-up for a reveal/recon/relaunch of THE NEW DOCTOR OCTOPUS. It's still the same Otto Octavius but now with double the appendages and packed with more concussions and cancer cells!
Seriously, he's dying from getting hit on the head too much. But now he's got new powers (command over ALL OF TECHNOLOGY. Like Steve Jobs, only without the pretentious black cardigan), a new look (part Psycho Mantis, part Nicole Richie), and a new purpose (a utopian vision for the world, kinda like Bono's, but with a less sinister motive).
What surprised me was how quick the story flows yet how well-paced it actually read.
You get a full Fantastic Four sequence, an exploration of the Johnny Storm/Peter Parker bromance,
and the best New Avengers dialogue ever.
Oh and there's the actual wedding, with Aunt May's awesome version of the "With Great Power" talk.
Oh, and that Watson slut shows up in the end. Pfft. I swear, Mary Jane is the Kendra Wilkins of the Marvel U.
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